Viewpoint School provides a budget for the librarians of the Prinn, Lower School, and Primary School Libraries to purchase materials to support our curriculum and enrich our collections. The collections consist of fiction, nonfiction, reference, audiovisual, Internet databases, and professional resource materials, which address the needs of the students and faculty. The libraries subscribe to Internet-accessible databases, daily newspapers, and periodicals in print form. Viewpoint is a member of ISLE (Independent School Library Exchange), a consortium of Southern California independent school libraries whose purpose is to share resources.
Opening in September 2009: Fletcher Family Library for Grades 7-12
The design for a new secondary school library comprises more than 5,000 square feet of space – four times the size of the Prinn Library. This expertly crafted resource center is designed by our architects with recommendations from a library consultant and school administrators, librarians, faculty, and trustees to address the needs of Viewpoint’s students in the 21st Century. The library will be the School’s media resource center and facilitate the retrieval and usage of digital information (both database and audio-visual) while still providing access to books, periodicals, and reference materials.” In addition three group study rooms and 30 digital workstations will facilitate collaborative and independent research and study.
Working with award-winning architect Jeffrey Kalban and Associates, the School designed a complementary building adjacent to the Carlson Family Theater and the Gates Academic Center, which provides expansive views overlooking our scenic canyon. The Fletcher Family Library will be located on the lower level of this two-story building.
Click here to view and animated rendering.Primary School Library
The Primary School Library is located on the East Campus and serves students in Kindergarten through Grade Two. The library offers storytelling, reading, and literature-related activities to our youngest students in a warm and nurturing environment. A computer is available for catalog searches and educational games. Primary students visit the library during each six-day rotation.
Lower School Library
The Lower School Library is located on the West Campus and serves students in Grades Three through Five and faculty teaching Kindergarten through Grade Five. The Lower School Library offers access to the entire Viewpoint School collection via the electronic catalog. Classes come to the library on a regularly scheduled basis to learn and practice library and research skills. Computers afford students and faculty the opportunity to search the catalog, word process, utilize the Internet and our subscription databases, WorldBook Online, eLibrary, and SIRS Discoverer. Special programs, including author visits augment the library's services. An extensive audio-visual and professional resource collection exists to support curriculum and faculty.
Prinn Library
The Prinn Library is located on the West Campus in the Behrens Building, and serves the faculty and students in Grades Six through Twelve. The library is a research, study, recreational reading, and computer center. The library subscribes to 14 online Internet databases, which are described in the Online Resources section. Teachers and the Librarian regularly schedule class visits for research purposes. The hours of the library are 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; students are welcome to visit the library before school, during free periods and lunch, and after school.
Access to the Calabasas Library, California State University Northridge Library, County of Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles City Public Library, Thousand Oaks Library, and UCLA College Library collections is available in the Prinn Library as well as from home. Materials in the university libraries may be restricted to Viewpoint's Advanced Placement students or in-house use. Please visit the university Web site for information.
Resources
- 20,500 books in the School's combined collections accessible via on-campus electronic
catalogs
- Print subscriptions to 40 periodicals
- Subscriptions to 14 online databases (accessible from both on-campus and home)
- T1 Internet access
- 750 videos and DVDs
- Sally Jordan Center for Shakespearean Studies (audiovisual and print collection)
- Local History Collection
